There is nothing more boss than singing a song about getting money wearing a kelly-green muppet fur jacket and an emerald Versace nameplate necklace, but we can't all be Rihanna. At Sunday's iHeart Radio Awards, music stars and those peripherally related as such used the opportunity to dress baller-casual, plus the… »3/30/15 5:10pm Yesterday 5:10pm

"Make Our Own Way" by Los Angeles duo Little Brutes has been on heavy personal rotation since their Desire EP dropped in January: it's gumption and self-determination interpreted through simple pop lines, minimal handclaps and tambourines. It's also on heavy TV rotation, as the theme song for the new NBC sitcom One…»3/30/15 10:10am Yesterday 10:10am

Rihanna's new single has finally dropped, and it's great. (Rihanna would never make us wait this long for something that wasn't.) "Bitch Better Have My money" is probably going to be your new summer jam/drunken club turnup anthem. »3/26/15 1:30pm Thursday 1:30pm

After all the hoo-ha, Rihanna hath unleashed but a snippet of "Bitch Better Have My Money," the new single we all stayed up past our bedtimes to cop. Annoyingly, you must download the app Dubsmash, from iTunes, to get about ten seconds of the song's Intro and Outro—the latter of which has Rihzus singing "moo-la-la"… »3/26/15 9:52am Thursday 9:52am

In the lyric pamphlet to Black Messiah, D'Angelo's third album after 14 years away from the spotlight, the soul-savant explains his reasoning behind its title and sudden release: "Some will jump to the conclusion that I am calling myself a Black Messiah," he begins. "For me the title is about all of us...It's about… »3/25/15 4:34pm 3/25/15 4:34pm

The opening song on Ester Dean's new EP, Miss Ester Dean, is a jam about stealing a crap dude's ex-girlfriend. "How he let a bad motherfucker like you go?" she wonders. It's a good question. Not only is it bigging up a quote-unquote "cold ass bitch," it's also Ester showing off her mack prowess by floating off with… »3/24/15 9:30pm 3/24/15 9:30pm

For brand-new single "Glass & Patron," House Mother-in-training FKA twigs brings some real-deal voguing into her zone, perhaps the first instance of real-deal voguing in a mainstream video since Madonna's "Vogue." (The occasional suicide dip in the odd Lady Gaga or Christina Milian video doesn't quite grapple up to… »3/24/15 10:45am 3/24/15 10:45am

This week marks the ten-year anniversary of MIA's Arular, an album which quite literally changed pop music and presaged the way the internet would create an avenue for marginalized genres across the globe to thrive outside their communities. Of course, part of this is due to MIA's collaboration with Diplo, who only… »3/20/15 1:50pm 3/20/15 1:50pm

Nile Rodgers' legendary disco-soul band Chic has reunited, but "I'll Be There," the group's first single and video in 20 years, is like they never left. Pulling Kimberly Davis and Folami's super-slick vocals over that indelible, driving disco lifeforce that is Rodgers' guitar style, the group is clearly making good on… »3/20/15 12:50pm 3/20/15 12:50pm

Last night on American Idol, judge Jennifer Lopez debuted her new song, "Feel the Light," from the soundtrack to the animated kid's film Home. It's an inspirational ballad that demonstrated that the vocal coach from her HBO special should probably get a raise. J.Lo began with a piano accompaniment and a gorgeous,… »3/20/15 10:30am 3/20/15 10:30am

Just a few days in, and Tokyo Fashion Week has already totally inspired me to throw out my entire closet and start dressing like a '70s woodland nymph, or a gothic fox, or a happy yellow lamb. It is like a self-refilling candy dish and its contents get you your life. There was so much more superlative excellence on… »3/19/15 11:01pm 3/19/15 11:01pm

Perhaps to be a famous rapper these days is to invariably end up a punchline. Kanye, Wayne, Rick Ross, Big Sean; entire subgenres of humor, Twitter memes and jokes are attached to all of them. Fame requires celebrities to possess more emotional stamina than the rest of us on a good day, but I don't think any of these… »3/19/15 4:45pm 3/19/15 4:45pm

Rihzus Godsend Fenty has been doing the press rounds of late promoting Home, the animated children's film which cast her as the voice of the main character and forced her to be in the same room with Jim Parsons. She's also been slowly releasing the songs that she recorded for the soundtrack, which I present to you… »3/19/15 2:10pm 3/19/15 2:10pm

Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" has never lacked grit or soul so it seems only natural that Kelly Clarkson—with just the perfect amount of roughness in her voice—would transform the song into a blues number that would feel right at home at your local county fair. »3/19/15 12:00am 3/19/15 12:00am